Thrashing-machine and engine therefor



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UNITED STATES PATENT rrrcn.

CHARLES F. GODDARD, OF MITCHELL, IOIVA, ASSIGNOR OF F OUR-FIFTHS TO LEON O. BAILEY, HENRY F. GLIDDEN, AND RICHARD LEE DUVALL,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

THRASHI NG-MACHINE AND ENGINE THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,995, dated January 1, 1895.

Application filed July 26, 1894. Serial No. 518,612. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that 1, CHARLES F. GODDARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mitchell, county of Mitchell, and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clhrashing-lilachines and Engines Therefor, which are fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart thereof.

My invention relates to threshing machines and engines therefor, and has particular reference to improvements in such devices whereby a light and portable engine may be combined with the thrashing machine on one and the same truck or carriage so that there may be self-contained in the entire device means for hauling or moving the entire device from place to place, and also for actuating the operating mechanism of the thrasher.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a side view of the entire device; Fig. 2, a plan view; Fig. 3, an end view, and Fig. 4 shows engine connected directly to the cylinder shaft.

It will of course be understood that some of the parts are omitted, particularly where entirely unnecessary to illustrate the operation of the remainder, and certain minor parts are omitted or broken away where they oh- I struct the view of other necessary features.

Like parts are indicated in all the figures by the same letters.

A A are the rear supporting wheels on the axle B, which is pivotally connected at B with the frame of the thrasher in any desired manner so as to permit the rear axle and wheels to be swung about such pivot so as to make the direction of travel of the machine controllable.

B is a short shaft pivotally connected at the forward end of the machine to the lower frame thereof about midway of such shaft, and B B are chains or wire rope or the like connecting from opposite ends of the axle B to the opposite end of the shaft B The shaft 13 stands normally at right angles to a line drawn from the center of such shaft to the center of the axle B. On the outer end of such shaft is the bevel gear I? engaging the worm B on the vertical rod B, which is controlled by the hand wheel B The particular method of connecting these several parts is not material except that it should be such that by turning the hand wheel B in either direction the axle B may be turned in the corresponding direction on its pivot B so as to vary the direction of motion of the thrasher.

Moreover, by changing the position of the axle B when the machine is at rest a certain amount of protection is secured against the tendency of the machine to rock longitudinally.

0 indicates the lower supporting frame of the thrasher proper and may be constructed in any desired manner, but laterally projecting from one side of the forward end thereof is the frame G consisting of suitable angle bars, for example, and carrying the standards C C the Whole together constituting a laterally projecting frame within which the traction wheel D is journaled on the end of the axle D, on the opposite end of which is journaled the forward supportingwheelD Supported upon the bars 0 and projecting from the side of the thrasher is the bed-plate E or frame upon which the driving portions of the engine are located. Journaled in the hangers depending from this bed-plate is the short properly driven from piston rods G G driven go from cylinders G G On the opposite *end of the shaft G is the gear wheel H meshing with the pinion 11 on the end of the cylinder shaft H The cylinder is inclosed within the easingll in the forward part of the thrashing 9 5 machine proper. Said cylinder is preferably F is a tightener which bears against this 8 5 connectedwiththeengi-neataiiitimes andantsi 1 engineand instantly the "maehine'isnready I for use. The engine-setting theieylinder'in V: L P6ratien. andfrom the oyiinder: shaft driv t e irngzall the oth er operating patientthe ma: 1; :ehine is placed inzsuch nositienthat the end :thrust is: in azsnhstantiaiiy sfertical line and substantially through: the ,axisof the traction; wheel. Thus-there tr is" an tendency t. he

g as a fiyawheeitoxeontroi its' 'npera'tienu: i i 1 1 een'n ection abetween i the engine and the tra e I tion iw heel hef bifikll in. any heaven: ient mannrgasbymakin'gthe'pulleyah loose :-entire shaftxtand employing a? elatch FL'; which, "when l amen gagernentltaithx the said pulley, causes it to revolve with the-shaft G. r prefertto-hatie'the hed-plateE f the engine 1 rest n pen: the piatfcrmnrtabie supported; "upen the. an gleir'ons To this: table :atiififihfid' the piatfornt .E 'l1pQH whiehthe-engi--. neenstands while-operating theengine? Any 5 suitable device for reversing the mention" of 1 gs. the thrasher mayzheemployed- I 2:; r 1 I. i =1 --harenot explainedindetaii thedifferen "1 parts-of the engine as .thatiis no: part nt my may be-em-pi eyedwitheut afi'e'cting the result M'desired. I, f :1 a 7 Fig.4 si'rowstheeng e eenn acted directly. 1 tel the "cylinder shaft 11% ot the thrasher. Y 5135 this eonstruntion-z the: Dglfl1t3;8lltf$:fiilfiiiii 1 cylinder 'sh-aftia 'eienezand; the same. I "wiew is in part diagrammatic; the "d the engine heingomitted; I

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" asitwiil be quite evident thatnthnrengines could be employed and that'-greatsvariations neornplished' onstruntionihereshown' and which (manyof-them} may-he equally ac i eonstruntinni In the firstfpiace the engine propersis- .meu-nted'aimast directly over: the: traction wheel so that the prinei paiweight i of the forward end of the machineis brought over the wheel, thus increasing its value as a traction wheel and placing the greater portion of the load where it ought to be. Secondly, the cylinder of the thrashing machine being of great weight and adapted for rapid revolutions serves in this connection as the fly-wheel or regulator of the engine whatever engine maybe employed. The connection I may make directly (Fig. 4) so that the engine shaft and cylinder shaft will be one and the same or in one continuous line, but in the design of the machine illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, this connection is made through the medium of the intermeshing gears H and H. When the engine is set in operation it may be connected so as to drive the traction wheel and thereupon the machine will be set in motion and may be caused to move from place to place. The application of the power 7. of the engine to the traction wheel is substantially along a vertical line through the axis of the traction wheel, which is just as T efficient for the forward direction of the whole machine as if the line of application were some other. Now when it is desired to bring the machine to rest at a given position f in themannenusualwith such machines: The i ,7 machine;therefore,canbereadily mevedinto; and outo-faposition and can ne changed: from v amen: time wi-thout' thedeiay and :lahorrin. V

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' supported on said supporting frame connected the tract-ion wheel is clisengaged from the V 1 inachinetomevelaterally: or longitudinally any. occasion fer the machine te be: anchored dentin disengagingeand subsequently an: choring; the maehine in its new position. 1n 1 or staekersgbe Jempleyed Ifor 'earrying away i V. Q T

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proper with" aferward; aale'hating thei'usual 4 supporting" wheel at one end-and a traction 1 4 wheel at the other, and an engine and cylinder at the forward end and over the forward supporting wheel and traction wheel, the size, weight and arrangement of the engine and cylinder being such that the forward supporting Wheel sustains an amount of such total weight equal to the normal burden of such supporting wheel while the center of gravity of the remaining portion of such total weight is substantially over the traction wheel.

3. The combination of a thrashing machine proper with an engine mounted on the frame thereof and adapted to drive the operating mechanism of the thrasher in combination with a traction wheel,'the line of motion of such engine being substantially vertically through the axis of such traction wheel.

4. The combination of a thrashing machine proper having a cylinder with a supporting frame, having a traction wheel and an engine IIC I 2 5 with the cylinder so that the latter acts as a fly-wheeland adapted to be connected to the traction wheel so. as to rotate the same to propel the entire machine.

5. The combination of a thrashing machine I 3 o proper, with an engine and traction wheel at engine being in a vertical direction the me one end thereof, the engine operating so that cessity of anchoring the machine is largely its thrust is substantially in a vertical line obviated.

through the axis of the traction wheel, and CHARLES F. GODDARD. 5 an axle with supporting wheels pivoted at In presence ofthe other end s0 that one axle being placed DONALD M. CARTER,

at an angle to the other anti the thrust of the JEAN ELLIOTT. 

